American Destroyer.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1938, Page 6

American Destroyer.

Advice has been received by the United States Consul at Auckland, Mr J. G. Groeninger, tnat the American destroyer Maury will arrive at Auckland on October 31 for a week’s visit during a cruise of the South Pacific. The cruise of the Maury is included in a series of long-distance exercises to be conducted by the United States Navy in the Pacific —one of several moves to be made by the United States for the consolidation of aerial and naval defence lines in the Pacific with those of Britain and France. The departure of the Maury on a secret mission was announced last month in a cable message from Honolulu. The Maury, which is under the command of Lieutenant-Commander E. M. Thompson, was the first of several of the Maury class launched in the 1935 programme. She is of 1500 tons displacement, and her 42,800 horse-power engines are capable of driving her at 36J- knots. She carries five sin guns, eight 21in torpedo tubes, and eight machine-guns. Her complement totals 190.

“From the Horse’s Mouth.” A bevy of the “fair sex” were discussing what to back in the Masterton Handicap at Opaki yesterday and, although shivering from the intensely cold breeze, did not follow the obvious tip of Arctic King! India’s Aspirations. “One of the most interesting aspects of the British Commonwealth Relations Conference was the question of the relation of India to the various problems discussed,” said the secretary of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Mr G. R. Powles, on his return from the conference. “The Indian delegation was united in its demand for Dominion status, and it thought and frankly said that if the other members of the Commonwealth could not see fit to admit India as an equal member within a short time the opportunity to do so would be lost, and the possibilities of friendship and co-operation and mutual aid would be lost. India would tend to turn more towards Asia for help in her demand for independence.”